Improvement in guides for sewing-machine



A.7P. ROGERS. Sewing Machine G'u'id.

Patented July 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 93,010, dated July 27, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUIDES FOR SEWING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, ANNA P. ROGERS, ofQuincy, in the county of Adams, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Gauge for Sewing-Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the'letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a,

section of my improved gauge.

Figure 2 represents a plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to improvements in gauges for sewing-machines,and has for its object to provide an improved adjustable spring-gauge.

It consists of an adjustable gauge-plate, having a recess in its frontedge, in which a presser-pad, having inclined serrated grooves on itslower face, is arranged and connected to the said gauge-plate by anadjustable spring, which governs the pressure of the pad upon the cloth.

A represents the adjustable gauge-plate, to be secured to the table of asewing machine by a set-screw passing through the slot B. p 0 representsa raised or thicker portion of the plate,

having a recess, D, opening out through the front edge of the saidplate. 4 i

E represents a presser-pad, fitted loosely t0 the said recess, andprojecting a suitable distance beyond the edge of the gauge, the lowerface of which is provided with inclined serrations to draw the clothtoward the ed e of the plate A.

F represents a spring, hinged at one end to the pad E, at about thecentre'of the latter, and connected at the other end to the 'plate A, byset-screws a b, in a manner to adjust the tension of its pressure on thepad E.

This arrangement of the pad, in connection with the plate A, affords areliable and eflicient gauge, as, by reason of the extension of the padinto the recess D, it effectually resists any tendency of the cloth todraw it out of place laterally, and the adjustable arrangement of thesprings afl'ords a ready manner of governing the pressure on the cloth,which requires to be varied within aconsiderable range for light orheavy goods.

My improved gauge is more especially adapted for tucking, and will,after the cloth has been folded over and the machine set to work uponit, in a very great measure save the labor of folding the cloth by thehand as it enters the gauge, aswas heretofore required to be done.

Itis' also well adapted for gauging other Work.

I am aware that presser-pads have heretofore been attached by springs tothe gauge-plate, but in no instance has an adjustable spring been usedin combination with a recessed plate, to'regulate the pressure of thepad, and prevent its lateral movement within the gauge-plate.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl The combinationof the recessed portion 0 of the gauge-plate, and the curved adjustablespring I with the concave pad E, all arranged and operating asdescribed, whereby all lateral movement of the pad is prevented, and itspressure upon the cloth adjusted, as herein described, for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I-have hereunto subscribed my name,in the presence of two wit- IJBSSBS.

- ANN A P; ROGERS.

Witnesses L. E. EMMONS, H. V. SLINGERLAND,

